Slamdance Film Festival 2014 Unveils Feature Film Competition Lineup

Slamdance Film Festival 2014 Unveils Feature Film Competition Lineup

The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled the Narrative and
Documentary Feature Film Competition programs for its 20th fest, kicking off in
Park City, Utah, January 17-23, 2014. What this means is that Sundance has already notified filmmakers of whether they got in or not. And these filmmakers were free to accept the Slamdance invitation.

The lineup includes 10 narrative and 8 documentary films,
including 11 World Premieres, 4 North American, and 1 US Premiere. The fest,
which is the smaller of the two Park City winter film festivals and runs
parallel to the Sundance Film Festival (those announcements are rolling out
December 4, 5, 9 and 10), received over 5,000 submissions this year.

All competition films are feature film directorial debuts
with budgets of less than $1 million and without US distribution, and were
programmed from blind submissions by the Slamdance filmmaking community.

NARRATIVE FEATURES PROGRAM

Copenhagen – Director & Screenwriter: Mark Raso

(USA, Canada, Denmark) World Premiere

A charming scoundrel visiting the city of his father’s
birth, William is drawn to his impromptu guide Effy – wise, spontaneous, and
half his age.

The bizarre story of Elliot Scott, his supportive partner
Linda Lum, and their cast and crew of outrageous dreamers all striving to
achieve success.

Cast: Elliot Scott, Blake Zwicker, Linda Lum

Glena – Director & Screenwriter: Allan Luebke

(USA) World Premiere

Glena Avila is a single mother in her 30’s who is fighting
to become a professional Mixed Martial Artist.

Cast: Glena Avila, Stormy Back, Ron Andersen

Huntington’s Dance – Director: Chris Furbee

(USA) World Premiere

Told through 20 years of home movie footage, Huntington’s
Dance is a personal and devastatingly raw look at how hereditary disease can
shatter a family and a future. Cast: Chris Furbee, Rosemary Shockey, Gene
Furbee

In Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, the residents of this
ruined fishing community continue dealing with the aftermath of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill, one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in US
history.